The use of altered fuels is dangerous for vehicle consumption, and the Department for Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) should take punitive steps against 70 petrol stations found to be dispensing fake diesel. This is according to the Fuel Retailers Association (FRA) and the AA after the department said that “regular and random testing” at...
South African record producer, DJ and songwriter Nkosinathi Innocent Maphumulo, widely known by his stage name Black Coffee, was involved in a severe plane crash on Wednesday afternoon. This was confirmed through a statement on Black Coffee’s ‘X’ (formerly known as Twitter) account. “Black Coffee was involved in a severe travel accident on a flight...
Martin Endjala Namibia’s Business Intellectual Property Authority (BIPA) has clarified that the matter involving a five-year-old minor who is reported to be the majority shareholder of a company that won the pharmaceutical bidding via the Central Procurement Board of Namibia (CPBN) is within the corporate laws and that the corporate laws have not been broken....
Erasmus Shalihaxwe The Minister of Works and Transport, John Mutorwa has tabled the Vehicle Mass Bill, a law that will hold accountable all people involved in the overloading of vehicles on public roads. Mutorwa submitted the proposed Bill to the National Assembly this week and requested fellow lawmakers to discuss it at appropriate stages. He...
Telecom Namibia recently met with the Deputy Minister of Finance and Public Enterprises, Hon. Maureen Hinda-Mbuende, this week to keep shareholders informed of developments within the company. The telecommunications company disclosed it has been on a quest to engage key government authorities to recommend amendments to the legislation around the prosecution of copper cable theft....
In its report, Reuters says Tehran was not involved in the Hamas group’s weekend attack on Israel. Iran’s top authority Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said they hailed what he called Israel’s “irreparable” military and intelligence defeat. “We kiss the hands of those who planned the attack on the Zionist regime,” said Khamenei, who was wearing a...
Staff Reporter WITH five days past in the case of missing man Robby Michael, whose car was found swept into the ocean at Henties Bay, the Namibian police has discounted reports that the missing man’s car was not hijacked or involved in a car accident prior to being found in the ocean. The police, on...
Staff Reporter THE High Court of Namibia has rejected an appeal for bail made by Police Reserve Sakaria Kuutondokwa Kokule, who was arrested in January 2020. The court’s decision was announced on Monday morning. Kokule has remained in custody since his arrest two years ago, following an attempt to bribe an anti-corruption commission officer with...
The Governor of Kavango East Region, Bonifatius Wakudumo, has called on absent fathers to make it a point to be involved in their children’s lives. He emphasised that fathers who do not offer support to their children often burden already struggling mothers with that responsibility. The Kavango East Governor also stressed that it is about...